Absolute Beginners
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A musical adaptation of Colin MacInnes' novel about life in late 1950s London. Nineteen-year-old photographer Colin is hopelessly in love with model Crepe Suzette, but her relationships are strictly connected with her progress in the fashion world. So Colin gets involved with a pop promoter and tries to crack the big time. Meanwhile, racial tension is brewing in Colin's Notting Hill housing estate...
Cast
Robbie Coltrane
Mario
Irene Handl
Mrs Larkin
Johnny Shannon
Saltzman
Eric Sykes
Arcade Attendant (uncredited)
Ray Davies
Arthur, Colin's Dad
Mandy Rice-Davies
Flora, Colin's Mum
Alan Freeman
Call-Me-Cobber
Lionel Blair
Harry Charms
Peter-Hugo Daly
Vern (as Peter Hugo-Daly)
Steven Berkoff
The Fanatic
Sade
Athene Duncannon (as Sade Adu)
Bruce Payne
Flikker
Colin Jeavons
Pamphleteer
James Fox
Henley of Mayfair, Dressmaker to the Queen
Joseph McKenna
Fabulous Hoplite
Slim Gaillard
Party Singer
Chua Kah Joo
Dancer
Eve Ferret
Big Jill
Sylvia Syms
Cynthia Eve
Zoot Money
Chez Nobody Barman (as G.B. (Zoot) Money)
Patsy Kensit
Suzette
Graham Fletcher-Cook
Wizard
Ronald Fraser
Amberley Drove
Tony Hippolyte
Mr. Cool
Julian Firth
The Misery Kid
Gary Beadle
Johnny Wonder
Jess Conrad
Cappuccino Man
Carmen Ejogo
Carmen
Sandie Shaw
Baby Boom's Mother
Eddie O'Connell
Colin, Photographer / Narrator
David Bowie
Vendice Partners
Edward Tudor-Pole
Ed the Ted (as Tenpole Tudor)
Bruno Tonioli
Maltese Lodger
Anita Morris
Dido Lament
Paul Rhys
Dean Swift